Tom's Foodie Blog

Finger Limes may be in your next cocktail and fresh garbanzo beans might be your next appetizer. These trends are just two concepts presented by Melissa’s Produce on “Emerging Produce Trends” at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit. Robert Schueller, Director of Public Relations  of Melissa’s Produce, led the discussion on which produce  you might [...]

Farmers Markets and Co-Ops Some of my best memories of this gastromic journey through the Big Island, Hawaii was enjoying the abundance and community spirit of the Island’s Farmer’s Markets. Farmer’s markets and flea markets are everywhere in Hawaii. Some of them are true, certified markets; some are farmers banding together in a parking lot; [...]

Five months after one of my favorite gourmet food trucks left the road; SlapFish is back and morphed into a “modern seafood shack.” It had been nearly 5 months since I had my last lobsticle and major crunchy on the SlapFish truck. The long wait was well worth it to see that the SlapFish truck [...]

http://tomsfoodieblog.com/the-o-c-food-truck-directory/ Just a quick note to my Foodie followers and fans of Gourmet Food Trucks. I have expanded my Food Truck Directory to include Orange County based Gourmet Food Trucks and Los Angeles carpet bagging Gourmet Food Trucks that pouch the O.C. food truck lots. Don’t worry L.A. Truckers we still love you! I have [...]

Update: Pictures from the Los Angeles Travel and Aventure Show. Also if you want a complete show recap you might want to check out my friend’s travel blog “Sites with Stacey” Hello Foodies! If you like Food and Travel then I have a fun event for you this weekend. Just wanted to send a shout [...]